A corona patient who fell into a panic when the oxygen tube came off called the nurse It took time to put on the protective gear... A nurse in the intensive care unit

　This time as well, we interviewed several nurses working in intensive care units who are facing patients with the new coronavirus infection. Consider the daily practice of nurses and what drives them.

The oxygen level on the monitor has dropped...

　Personal protective equipment is often seen in the media. It seems that at first it was difficult to wear it and take care of it, but now it has become a daily routine. However, it takes time to put on and take off the protective gear, and he said that he was frustrated that he could not go to the bedside as usual.

Usually, when a nurse calls from a patient, the nurse responds as soon as possible. A nurse call is a call from a patient. It seems that it actually takes about 3 minutes to put on protective gear after receiving a nurse call.

　A patient infected with coronavirus was using medical narcotics and had difficulty maintaining short-term memory. There are few nurses at night, and another patient who is hospitalized with coronavirus When I was dealing with Mr., there was a nurse call from this patient. Other staff are also dealing with other patients, and it is difficult to go to the patient who is calling.

　When this patient was somewhat unconscious due to medical narcotics, nasal cannulas (both sides nasal cavity I was in a panic because the tube that administers oxygen from came off. When the nurse finally arrived, she said she was looking for a nurse call. The oxygen level (SpO2) on the monitor was dropping, and while his condition was getting worse, the nurse told me that he felt frustrated because he could not immediately enter the hospital room to put on and take off his protective gear.

So that the nurse can be seen from the isolation room

　Because of this, the patient's anxiety became stronger. From that night on, in order to reduce anxiety as much as possible, a nurse was placed in the front room of the isolation room (visible through the glass from the isolation room with the patient) so that the patient could see her. that's right.

In addition, in the past, if there was a patient's complaint, it was the usual practice to listen to it each time, but in the case of a patient isolated due to corona infection, as much as possible when entering the isolation room It seems that he decided to listen to the story. Due to the risk of infection, we can't stay for a long time, but when doctors and nurses enter a patient's room, we make it a point to spend as much time as possible talking to each other and sharing that information with the team. It seems that the staff who come into contact with patients have become more aware of the need to catch the needs as much as possible and respond to them as a team.